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Russian Revolution Timeline

  • Decembrist revolt

    Decembrist revolt
    Three thousand solgeirs of Russia marched into senate square. Senate square in St. Petersburg was renamed to decembrist square because they marched into senate square in the month of december. They were stopped and then there leaders were exiled.
  • The Russo-Japanese War

    The Russo-Japanese War
    The Russo-Japanese war was the first major war of the 20th centery. Russia created a port for their Navy on the Pacific Ocean near Japan. they called it Port Author. Japan's Navy attacked the Russian Navy at Port Author. They solved this war with a treaty called Treaty of Portsmouth, the United States President Theodore Roosevlet looked over the treaty.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    It happend in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by the soliders of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace. This is considered to be the cause of the revolution on 1905. They wanted to present a petition to Czar Nicholas 2
  • WW! Russians Get Involved

    WW! Russians Get Involved
    The Russians got involved because of The assassination of a nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife. This is what got Russia Involved in WW1. Russia was making Attacks on Germany in what used to be East Pursia. Russia Had two victories and then lost in Tannburg
  • The March Revolution

    The March Revolution
    Workers in the cities with large factory demanded a 50 percent wadge increase so they could buy food. They refused so all the workers went on strike. 30,000 workers were out of a job. They persuaded the other workers to strike along with them. Nicholas then wanted the people striking to be killed and the soliders then revolted and joined the strikers. The government did not want a czar so Nicholas 2 was forced to give up his throne.
  • Russian Civil War Begins

    Russian Civil War Begins
    The main fighting was between 3 groups: the Red Army, the White Army, and the Green Army. The Red Army won this war because they were the most organized and held the most territory. The Red Army then established the Soviet Union in 1922. The Red army was also known as the Bolshevics.
  • Nicolus II abdicated the Russian throne

    Nicolus II abdicated the Russian throne
    Nicholas made people very mad because he kept entering into wars that they could not win. In one of the wars thatthey entered the men fighting did not have enough supplies. They were told that they should pick up the guns off of there dead comrades.
  • The Creation of the USSR

    The Creation of the USSR
    It was governed as a single-party state by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital. A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized. The Soviet Union had its roots in the Russian Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the Russian Empire. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, then led a second revolution which overthrew the provisional government and established the RSFSR
  • Vladamir Lenin Dies

    Vladamir Lenin Dies
    Stalin became dictator from 1929 to 1953. He was feared by many. MIllions of his own citizens died under his rule. He had his enimes excuted or put people in labor camps. Some people were even exiled. Stalin started the Cold War with the United States and Great Britian.
  • Nicholas 2 Became Czar of Russia

    Nicholas 2 Became Czar of Russia
    Nicholas inherited the throne when his father Alexander 3 who died in 1894. Enemies nicknamed him Nicholas the bloody. Under his rule, Russia was humiliatingly defeated in the Russo-Japanese War, which saw almost total annihilation of the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima.